Met Police have been unable to explain the reason why a police helicopter was spotted flying over Croydon.

A police helicopter was seen and heard by a resident who spotted it flying over the Addiscombe, Selhurst and South Norwood areas of the borough at about midnight Thursday (December 29) into Friday morning.

Upon contacting the Metropolitan Police Service (Met) press team on Friday morning (December 29), the Advertiser was told to speak to the National Police Air Service (NPAS) for information.

On the NPAS media section of its website it states: "Please don't call us to ask what the helicopter is/was doing whilst out - we can't tell you this - look instead at our twitter feed summary on our news page for all of the info we can supply".

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Missing people / Tributes

The NPAS London Twitter page was last updated on June 14, 2017 so there were no details on the helicopter seen flying over Croydon overnight.

The most recent update from the NPAS Redhill Twitter account was that the team assisted Surrey Police on Thursday (December 28) in searching for "a vulnerable missing person in the Epsom area" who was found by officers on the ground while the helicopter was overhead.

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In order to try and speak with someone regarding the issue, the Advertiser contacted the Met's press team again.

When asked if they could at least provide details on the original emergency call was to them, a Met spokeswoman said: “We cannot step in for NPAS. We are not legislated to fill in when they are not there.”